The look of an HTML table can be greatly improved with CSS. To specify table borders in CSS, use the border property.This article will covers how to style the tables.
CSS Tables
The look of an HTML table can be greatly improved with CSS:
| Company |
Contact |
Country |
| Alfreds Futterkiste |
Maria Anders |
Germany |
| Berglunds snabbköp |
Christina Berglund |
Sweden |
| Centro comercial Moctezuma |
Francisco Chang |
Mexico |
| Ernst Handel |
Roland Mendel |
Austria |
| Island Trading |
Helen Bennett |
UK |
| Königlich Essen |
Philip Cramer |
Germany |
| Laughing Bacchus Winecellars |
Yoshi Tannamuri |
Canada |
| Magazzini Alimentari Riuniti |
Giovanni Rovelli |
Italy |
| North/South |
Simon Crowther |
UK |
| Paris spécialités |
Marie Bertrand |
France |
| The Big Cheese |
Liz Nixon |
USA |
| Vaffeljernet |
Palle Ibsen |
Denmark |
Table Borders
To specify table borders in CSS, use the border property.
The example below specifies a black border for table, th, and td elements:
Example
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table, th, td
{
border: 1px solid black;
}
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Notice that the table in the example above has double borders. This
is because both the table, th, and td elements have separate borders.
To display a single border for the table, use the border-collapse property.
Collapse Borders
The border-collapse property sets whether the table borders are collapsed into a single border or separated:
Example
table
{
border-collapse:collapse;
}
table,th, td
{
border: 1px solid black;
} |
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Table Width and Height
Width and height of a table is defined by the width and height
properties.
The example below sets the width of the table to 100%, and the height of the
th elements to 50px:
Example
table
{
width:100%;
}
th
{
height:50px;
}
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Table Text Alignment
The text in a table is aligned with the text-align and vertical-align
properties.
The text-align property sets the horizontal alignment, like left, right, or
center:
The vertical-align property sets the vertical alignment, like top, bottom, or middle:
Example
td
{
height:50px;
vertical-align:bottom;
} |
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Table Padding
To control the space between the border and content in a table, use the padding
property on td and th elements:
Table Color
The example below specifies the color of the borders, and the
text and background color of th elements:
Example
table, td, th
{
border:1px solid green;
}
th
{
background-color:green;
color:white;
} |
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